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Chris Walker

April 01, 2017 07:07PM

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Gisborne in the Eastern North Island is one of the few places in the World where the Railway line intersects an Airport runway, most likely the only place where the CTC panel controlling signals was located in the Airport Control Tower.

New Zealand Railways Gisborne Airport Palmerston North - Gisborne Line April 1965
National Airways Corporation DC-3
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Narrow Gauge: Across The Runway, Not Around It.	Chris Walker	April 01, 2017 07:07PM
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